Alexandre Ferré also known as Firmin or Saint-Firmin, (? – 27 February 1839) in

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was a 19th-century French

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. A former sergeant in the National Guard, he became actor and tenor at Versailles. Hired by the Théâtre de la Gaîté then, after a tour in

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, at the

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, he played the part of

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in ''

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'' at the inauguration of the

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8 November 1838.The director of the Théâtre de la Renaissance, must buy his contract with the Gaite where he was engaged until 1840. Sick, he last played 5 January 1839 and died a month later after this success. He was then replaced in that role by Charles de Chilly. His plays were presented among others at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique and the

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Works

*1833: ''Cinq-Mars'', drama in 5 acts in prose *1836: ''Le Ménage de Titi'',

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in 1 act, mingled with

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s, with Théodore de Lustières *1837: ''Baron le comédien'', anecdote-vaudeville in 1 act, with Jean-Baptiste Tuffet *1838: ''Maître Job, ou Ma femme et mon télescope'', vaudeville in 1 act *1839: ''Tiennette, ou le Racoleur et la jeune fille'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Adolphe Guénée *1846: ''Je vous y prends ! ou l'Assurance mutuelle'', vaudeville épisodique in 1 act, posth.

Bibliography

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, ''Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées'', 1852,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferre, Alexandre 19th-century French male actors French male stage actors 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Year of birth missing 1839 deaths